Museum of the American Military Family & Learning Center
Celebrating Almost 400 Years of American Military Family History
By Circe Olson Woessner Although May is often described as the “merry month of”– if you are military, this happy month has its somber side. The Friday before Mother’s Day is Military Spouse Appreciation Day, and in this year’s proclamation, President Obama said, “We honor the spouses of those who have left behind everything they know and love to join
» Read moreYears ago, MAMF began designing its memorial honoring military families. Since then, people have donated a little over $5,000 towards the project. Originally, MAMF wanted to convert one of the seven military housing units it had been gifted into the memorial, but has since determined that those houses will prove too costly to renovate and rehabilitate for the project. MAMF
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The Cadets of the Bataan Military Academy posted the colors proudly, and just as proudly, Dr. Circe Olson Woessner, founder and Executive Director of the Museum of the American Military Family, gave them the order to cut the ribbon and open “Schooling with Uncle Sam.” Some 40 friends and supporters of the Museum rose to applaud the gesture, led by
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